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Correspondence: December 10, 1986, Thank You Letter To Dr. Saffy, Steve Pajcic Dec 1986

Correspondence: December 10, 1986, Thank You Letter To Dr. Saffy, Steve Pajcic

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Thank you letter from Steve Pajcic for all the help given during his campaign. Includes handwritten note.


What Sex Is Your Parachute? Interest Inventory/Counseling Models And The Perpetuation Of The Sex/Wage Segregation Of The Labor Market, Helen A. Moore, Jane Ollenburger Nov 1986

What Sex Is Your Parachute? Interest Inventory/Counseling Models And The Perpetuation Of The Sex/Wage Segregation Of The Labor Market, Helen A. Moore, Jane Ollenburger

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

This article explores the “gender model” of job research instruments that are based on the Holland Occupational Classification scheme. The six Holland “environments” constitute a ubiquitous base for tests and measures in career counseling and research. Analysis of the 1973 Quality of Employment Survey provides evidence that the Holland Classification scheme replicates the segmentation of women into certain occupations that generate low pay, even after controlling for worker education, job tenure, and age. Comparable data for male wage earners show a significant segregation away from low-income, predominantly female occupations. Thus the Holland occupational scheme and the instruments based upon it …


Correspondence: March 18, 1986, Thank You Letter To Dr. Saffy For Campaign Contributions, Bob Graham Mar 1986

Correspondence: March 18, 1986, Thank You Letter To Dr. Saffy For Campaign Contributions, Bob Graham

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

A letter expressing his gratitude for Dr. Saffy’s contributions to Bob Graham’s United States Senate campaign.


The Women's Construction Collective: Building For The Future, Ruth Mcleod Jan 1986

The Women's Construction Collective: Building For The Future, Ruth Mcleod

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

This edition of SEEDS focuses on a project developed to integrate low-income women into Jamaica's construction industry. In two years, 34 women passed through the project's basic training and skills upgrading courses. More than 90 percent of these women became employed, the majority as masons and carpenters. The story of how this field was identified as a potential source of income for women, and how the project developed and evolved in response to changing circumstances, presents many useful lessons. These should be of particular interest to those seeking to identify employment areas where women's participation is feasible and in helping …